Effect of Adding Carbon Dioxide to Inspired Air on Consciousness Time of Man at Altitude.
- 1 January 1951
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 76 (1) , 140-142
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-76-18415
Abstract
Addition of certain amts. of CO2 to ambient air at low barometric pressures of 225 mm. Hg and 179 mm. Hg prolonged useful consciousness in human subjects. This effect is more pronounced at a simulated altitude of 30,000 ft. than at higher altitudes.Keywords
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